It’s a tug of war. The MLC election is a do or die situation for the BRS. It is equally prestigious for the Congress party and the leadership of CM Revanth Reddy.
Both parties have made arrangements to bring these elected representatives directly to polling stations on the day of polling on Thursday to prevent poaching of their leaders by each other.
The Congress won 12 out of 14 Assembly seats in the combined Mahabubnagar district while the BRS bagged two in recent Assembly polls. With this, Congress has a majority in terms of votes of ex-officio members as MLAs are allowed to vote in this election as ex-officio members.
The Congress has fielded Manney Jeevan Reddy as its candidate for the by-election while the BRS fielded Naveen Kumar Reddy. Election will be held on March 28 and counting of votes will take place on April 2.
The by-poll was necessitated following the resignation of BRS MLC Kasireddy Narayan Reddy, who joined the Congress just ahead of the Assembly polls, secured Congress Assembly ticket from Kalwakurthy constituency and won.
He submitted his resignation to MLC post soon after his election as MLA. Around seven hundred elected representatives have switched over to the Congress and that will definitely help the Congress.
